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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Taxpayers Mull Options for CEO Bonus Payback

Updated: April 10 2009,
Author: barrel jason
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Economic Institutions, Financial Investments, Fraud Risk, Incentive, Income Distribution, Market Structures, Roles of Government
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Paul Solman explores options for getting some of the money back to taxpayers from CEO bonuses at companies that received federal rescue funds.

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